[Jewelry making - Article 00126] - Re: [Orchid] Predjudice against copper materials?

[wtownsend321094]

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    Donna, It really surprises me to hear so much on copper being toxic.
    What are your water pipes in your house made from?  Does that mean
    that you should not hold a penny in your hand? Do you know that most
    of the skin tightening creams (women probably know more about this
    cream) has copper in them as the active ingredient? Do you know that
    many apple farmers use a copper based spray on their apple trees to
    help produce better apples? Copper is one of the few metals that are
    self-cleaning. What that means is the oxidation formed on copper
    cleans the copper and the environment touching it. Other words you
    wipe off or wear off the oxidation and it produces more oxidation to
    keep the copper under the oxidation clean. Just surprises me why
    people think copper is so bad. I have been working with it for over
    thirty years. Check ups with the doctors and even having tests on me
    to see if it has caused any ill effects always shows nothing going
    on.  Sure there are probably people that it might be toxic to but so
    are dandelions. 

Warren Townsend


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